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Subtext 1.0 Nautilus Edition Released

Well it took a bit longer than
I thought it would, but we’ve finally put the final touches to Subtext
1.0, code named
“Nautilus”! One of the primary goals of this release was to make it much
easier to setup and use than .TEXT, and I think we’ve accomplished that.

Acknowledgements

It is a LOT of work delivering an open source product, especially given
that all this work is done in our spare time. A big thanks goes out to
all the contributors: those who submitted code as well as those who
contributed ideas and encouragement (especially my wife who has been
very understanding of my code obsession and made me a fantastic cup of
tea last night as I tried to finalize the release). All of it is helpful
and appreciated.

In particular I want to give much credit to the
team
who have put in a lot of effort lately to get this ready. Robb, I am
ready for that homebrewed beer!

I also want to highlight TurboMilk,
the creative folks who designed our logo.

Installation

Check out the installation
guide
on our project
site for a
walkthrough of the installation. There are also a couple screen casts if
you are the more visual type.

New Features

There are many small improvements both under the hood and in the UI.
Here are some of the highlights...

RFC3229 Delta Encoding - Potentially saves on bandwidth once
clients start implementing their side of the protocol.

RSS GZIP Compression - Compress that baby.

Fixed MetaBlogAPI - Fixed a few bugs with the MetaBlogAPI
implementation. You can now edit blog posts via w.Bloggar.

What’s Next?

The next version of Subtext code-named “Daedelus” will focus on
delivering a Plugin framework along with a few plugins. That will be the
key deliverable. You can view the
Roadmap to see
other planned features, but be aware that we may revise this list soon
in order to keep the next release tightly focused. Deliver early and
often I always say.